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Saturday April 4, 2009

Results Worldwide

BASKETBALL

NBA Championship

Philadelphia 105 Milwaukee 95; Washington 109 Cleveland 101; Denver 114 Utah 104.

CYCLING

La Panne

Final stage (112km): 1. Mark Cavendish (Bri) Columbia 2’31:00, 2. Robbie McEwen (Aus), 3. Andri Schulze (Ger), 4. Angelo Furlan (Ita), 5. Robert Fvrster (Ger), 6. Wouter Weylandt (Bel), 7. Borut Bozic (Svk), 8. Kenny van Hummel (Hol), 9. Mark Renshaw (Aus), 10. Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) all same time.

Time trial (14.2km): 1. Bradley Wiggins (Bri) Garmin 18:01, 2. Liewe Westra (Hol) 20s behind, 3. Stijn Devolder (Bel) 32, 4. Joost Posthuma (Hol) 34, 5. Bert Grabsch (Ger) 36, 6. Rick Flens (Hol) 38, 7. Svein Tuft (Can) 41, 8. Jens Mouris (Hol) 48, 9. Mikhail Ignatjev (Rus) 50, 10. Sebastian Lang (Ger) 50.

Final standings: 1. Frederiek Willems (Bel) Liquigas 12’34:57, 2. Joost Posthuma (Hol) 19s behind, 3. Tom Leezer (Hol) 54, 4. Manuel Quinziato (Ita) 1:00, 5. Greg Henderson (Nzl) 1:02, 6. Borut Bozic (Svk) 1:03, 7. Martijn Maaskant (Hol) 1:12, 8. Leif Hoste (Bel) 1:19, 9. Steve Chainel (Fra) 1:22, 10. Mauro Finetto (Ita) 1:22.

GOLF

Kraft Nabisco Championship

Leading first-round scores (South Korea unless stated): 66: Brittany Lincicome (US); 67: Angela Stanford (US, Oh Ji-young, Brittany Lang (US); 68: Kristy McPherson (US); 69: Lee Ji-hee, Kim Song-hee, Yani Tseng (Tpe), Christina Kim (US), Katherine Hull (Aus), Lee Jee-young; 70: Akiko Fukushima (Jpn), Kim In-kyung, Paula Creamer (US), Yoo Sun-young, Lindsey Wright (Aus), Moira Dunn (US); 71: Michelle Wie (US), Pak Se-ri, Park In-bee, Suzann Pettersen (Nor), Kang Ji-min, Yuri Fudoh (Jpn), Azahara Munoz (Spa); 72: Becky Morgan (Bri), Sakura Yokomine (Jpn), Shin Ji-yai, Louise Friberg (Swe), Sophie Gustafson (Swe), Candie Kung (Tpe), Helen Alfredsson (Swe), Teresa Lu (Tpe); 73: Minea Blomqvist (Fin), Choi Hye-jung, Lorena Ochoa (Mex), Kim Mi-hyun, Karrie Webb (Aus), Jennifer Rosales (Phi), Kim Joo-mi;

74: Wendy Doolan (Aus), Miho Koga (Jpn), Silvia Cavalleri (Ita), Angela Park (Bra), Lee Seon-hwa, Carin Koch (Swe), Giulia Sergas (Ita); 75: Sandra Gal (Ger), Shanshan Feng (Chn), Ai Miyazato (Jpn), Hong Jin-joo, Chung Il-mi, Kim Ha-neul, Park Hee-young, Han Hee-won, Rachel Hetherington (Aus), Ji Eun-hee, Choi Na-yeon, Ahn Shi-hyun, Marisa Baena (Col), Meena Lee, Janice Moodie (Bri); 76: Birdie Kim, Seo Hee-kyung, Yim Sung- ah, Momoko Ueda (Jpn), Young Kim, Grace Park, Alena Sharp (Can), Gwladys Nocera (Fra).

Pattaya Open

Leading second round scores (Thailand unless stated): 129: Nadeem Inayat (Pak) 65-64; 133: Kiradech Aphibarnrat 68-65; 136: Ronnachai Jamnong 69-67; 137: Lu Tze-shyan (Tpe) 71-66, Anthony Fernando (Phi) 71-66, Kritsada Rangwat 66-71, Antonio Lascuna (Phi) 69-68; 138: Pravee Visalkit 69-69, Namchok Tantipokhakul 72-66, Somkiat Srisa-Nga 71-67, Prom Meesawat 69-69; 139: Wisut Artjanawat 70-69; 140: Baek Seuk-hyun (Kor) 71-69, Thaworn Wiratchant 71-69.

Portugal Open

Leading first round scores: 64: Ross McGowan (Eng); 66: Michael Hoey (NIrl); 67: Carlos Del Moral (Spa), Alastair Forsyth (Sco), Simon Dyson (Eng); 68: Daniel Vancsik (Arg), Steve Webster (Eng), David Horsey (Eng), Ricardo Santos (Por), Mark Foster (Eng); 69: Garry Houston (Wal), Hennie Otto (Rsa), Birgir Hafthorsson (Icl), David Lynn (Eng), Oliver Fisher (Eng), Jose Manuel Lara (Spa), Andrew McLardy (Rsa), Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg), Jose-Filipe Lima (Por), Robert Rock (Eng), Thomas Bjorn (Den), Gregory Bourdy (Fra), Wade Ormsby (Aus), Antonio Sobrinho (Por), Gregory Havret (Fra).

RALLYING

Portugal Rally

First special stage: 1. Henning Solberg (Nor) Ford 2:09.6, 2. Dani Sordo (Spa) Citroen 2:09.7, 3. Mikko Hirvonen (Fin) Ford 2:09.8, 4. Sebastien Loeb (Fra) Citroen 2:10.9, 5. Jari-Matti Latvala (Fin) Ford 2:12.5, 6. Marcus Gronholm (Fin) Imprenza 2:14.1, 7. Federico Villagra (Arg) Ford 2:15.2, 8. Petter Solberg (Nor) Citroen 2:15.5, 9. Mads Ostberg (Nor) Subaru 2:16.6, 10. Sebastien Ogier (Fra) Citroen 2:16.9.

TENNIS

Men’s quarter-finals: Juan Martin del Potro (Arg) bt Rafael Nadal (Spa) 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3); Andy Murray (Bri) bt Fernando Verdasco (Spa) 6-1, 6-2.

Women’s semi-finals: Victoria Azarenka (Blr) bt Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) 6-3, 2-6, 7-5; Serena Williams (US) bt Venus Williams (US) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.


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